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Iran names street near Saudi embassy for executed cleric

Iran names street near Saudi embassy for executed cleric

Death of prominent Shiite dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Sunni-ruled kingdom led to mass protests, severed diplomatic ties   TEHRAN, Iran — A semi-official news… Read More ›

Apple could be on the hook for $19 billion in taxes, and the Obama administration is livid

Apple could be on the hook for $19 billion in taxes, and the Obama administration is livid

  The European Commission is expected to levy a judgment against Apple in the next few months that could total in the billions of euros.… Read More ›

The man who led the Brexit movement suggests a Trump election victory could be America’s Brexit

The man who led the Brexit movement suggests a Trump election victory could be America’s Brexit

  Nigel Farage, the British politician who led the Brexit movement — which culminated in a vote to remove the UK from the European Union… Read More ›

Donald Trump just completed a big reversal on his signature issue

Donald Trump just completed a big reversal on his signature issue

  Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled a significant reversal on immigration, the signature issue that propelled him to the Republican presidential nomination. During a town-hall interview… Read More ›

New York – More U.S. Retailers Probing Phony Egyptian Cotton

New York – More U.S. Retailers Probing Phony Egyptian Cotton

  New York – U.S. retailer Bed Bath & Beyond on Wednesday said it ordered an external audit of textiles from Welspun India, after Target… Read More ›

Toronto – Canadian Mounties Allow Officers To Wear Hijab

Toronto – Canadian Mounties Allow Officers To Wear Hijab

  Toronto – Canada’s national police force recently permitted its women officers to wear the hijab. The Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently… Read More ›

Yorba Linda, CA – Documents: Soviets Worried About Detente After Nixon Quit

Yorba Linda, CA – Documents: Soviets Worried About Detente After Nixon Quit

  Yorba Linda, CA – Overseas reaction to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 was mixed: The Soviets expressed worry about the future of detente.… Read More ›

Bilinguals are more attractive, say 71% of Americans

Bilinguals are more attractive, say 71% of Americans

  Want greater success in your career and your love life, as well as a healthy brain long into old age? The answer could be… Read More ›

FARC-Colombia peace deal finalized

FARC-Colombia peace deal finalized

  Havana (CNN)Negotiators seeking to end the five-decades-old bloody insurgency in Colombia, one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, said Wednesday in Havana that they had… Read More ›

Iranian vessels conduct ‘high-speed intercept’ of US destroyer

Iranian vessels conduct ‘high-speed intercept’ of US destroyer

A US Navy official told CNN four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels conducted a “high-speed intercept” of the USS Nitze in waters near the Strait… Read More ›

Iran rounds up 450 social media users for ‘immoral activities’

Iran rounds up 450 social media users for ‘immoral activities’

Revolutionary Guard says ‘arrested or summoned’ users also guilty of ‘insulting religion’ and ‘illegal’ fashion-related posts   TEHRAN — Iran has “arrested or summoned” around… Read More ›

US paid Iran $1.3 billion, two days after $400m cash delivery

US paid Iran $1.3 billion, two days after $400m cash delivery

Obama administration says 13 separate payments of $99,999,999.99 and final payment of about $10 million part of resolution of decades-old military sale   WASHINGTON (AP)… Read More ›

The next complex chapter in the Syrian conflict: Turkey

The next complex chapter in the Syrian conflict: Turkey

Now the US has to act as a juggler, maneuvering between the contradictory interests of its two allies in the war against ISIS, the Kurds… Read More ›

Clinton ready for ‘wacky’ debate with Trump

Clinton ready for ‘wacky’ debate with Trump

First of three televised face-offs between presidential candidates to be held in September near New York   WASHINGTON, United States — White House hopeful Hillary… Read More ›

Even the startup trying to disrupt health insurance can’t figure out Obamacare

Even the startup trying to disrupt health insurance can’t figure out Obamacare

  Oscar, the $2.8 billion health insurance startup, is pulling out of some Obamacare exchanges. According to a release from the company on Tuesday, the… Read More ›

Wall Street’s smart money is making big bets on a beaten-down industry

Wall Street’s smart money is making big bets on a beaten-down industry

  Wall Street’s smart money is falling back in favor with the beaten-down energy sector. Large private-equity investors moved to the sidelines of energy-related corporate… Read More ›

Bed Bath & Beyond paid less than $30 million for One Kings Lane, a startup that was once worth $900 million

Bed Bath & Beyond paid less than $30 million for One Kings Lane, a startup that was once worth $900 million

  At its peak, One Kings Lane was worth $900 million, nearly a member of the exclusive billion-dollar startup club. But when it was bought by… Read More ›

Boston – When Mere Paint Won’t Do It: Bike Lanes Around The World

Boston – When Mere Paint Won’t Do It: Bike Lanes Around The World

  Boston – Cities are increasingly changing bike lanes to make them safer in light of fatal crashes involving cyclists and cars. From Boston to… Read More ›

New York – Wi-Fi? Why Not? Homeless Are Avid Users Of NYC’s Free Kiosks

New York – Wi-Fi? Why Not? Homeless Are Avid Users Of NYC’s Free Kiosks

  New York – An ambitious effort to replace obsolete New York City pay phones with Wi-Fi kiosks that offer free web surfing and phone… Read More ›

Pittsburgh, PA – Heavy Lifting By Young Workers Linked To Low Back Pain In Midlife

Pittsburgh, PA – Heavy Lifting By Young Workers Linked To Low Back Pain In Midlife

Pittsburgh, PA – Young adults with jobs that involve heavy lifting and forceful movements might be at higher risk for back pain later in life,… Read More ›